California Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

California wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the California region.

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7 day 48 hour

	Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	La Push Washington	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Schooner Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Celestino Sinaloa	Mckee's Creek CAL - Humboldt	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Bolinas Jetty CAL - Marin County	Andrew Molera State Park CAL - Monterey	Doran Beach CAL - Sonoma	Deadman's CAL - Humboldt
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	10	9	18	16	9	15	15	15	15	10	10	14	8	14	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	351	626	2039	1004	1042	418	457	778	339	505	249	456	268	208	269	153	154	437	188	349	473	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:59PM 1.87	2:58AM 1.96		4:09PM 1.88	11:18PM 1.34		4:35PM 1.67	4:33AM 1.23		5:09PM 1.76		6:05AM 1.09	6:02PM 1.85		8:16AM 1.33	7:30PM 2.33		7:08AM 0.94	6:09PM 2.12		7:56AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	9:10AM -0.20		9:24PM 0.84	9:26AM 0.49			10:04AM 0.70		10:46PM 0.51	10:14AM 0.35		12:22AM 0.84	10:59AM 0.55		10:26PM 0.53	12:51PM 0.81		12:49AM 0.04	11:17AM 0.73		1:13AM 0.22	11:53AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	17	15	16	13	16	18	16	29	30	20	29	15	14	28	15	20	13	14	21	13	15
Low °C	28	17	12	14	13	15	17	15	27	29	20	27	13	14	23	14	20	10	12	20	10	14
Chill °C (?)	29	17	15	16	12	16	18	16	29	30	20	29	15	12	28	14	20	11	13	21	11	15
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:12	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.8 NW	3.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSW	2.1 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.6 SSW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	1.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	9	10	16	9	15	15	15	15	10	14	14	8	14	8	8	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	16	16	15	15	18	12	15	18	10	12	9	15	11	8	14	9	14	13	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	10	4	-	10	-	-	5	8	-	8	8	8

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	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in California	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Moonstone Beach CAL - Humboldt	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Redwood Creek CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big River CAL - Mendocino County	Big Lagoon CAL - Humboldt	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Chadbourne Gulch CAL - Mendocino County	Acapulquito-Costa Azul Baja Sur	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	Bunkers CAL - Humboldt	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	San Onofre CAL - Orange County	Cortez Bank CAL - San Diego County	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur	Open Doors (Isla Natividad) Baja Sur
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	19	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	17	9	9	18	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1034	990	1230	984	1319	292	2358	842	918	1234	1378	974	906	752	665	931	808	448	443	498	452	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:08AM 2.11								2:11AM 1.60				3:58PM 1.58							1:35PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)				8:50AM 0.33		4:35PM 0.76		8:27PM 0.74				9:26AM 0.49			5:34PM 0.76	10:25PM 0.70			7:29AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	17	18	30	16	13	13	11	12	16	17	16	29	12	12	17	18	15	18	19
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	17	18	30	16	13	13	11	12	16	17	16	29	12	12	17	18	15	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	0.9 SSW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.1 SSW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	17	9	9	18	18	10	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	16	19	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	20	19	13	13	17	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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